Mop-wringer.



W. FROHNE.

MOP WRINGERl APPLlcmoN msn Aue.3 o. i916.

Patented Dec, 26, N316.

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naiaosa Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 26, lgll.

.Application filed August 30, 1916. Serial No. 117,798.

To all whom t may concern: p

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FROHNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in MoplWringers, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. f l

- dy invention `relates to vessels and mopwringing apparatus connected therewith, and the object of said invention is to provide a device of said character of simplified and efficient construction to the end that the saine may be'manufactured at a minimum' cost and at the saine time be of increased etliciency in operation.

ln the several figures of the drawings,

rlike numerals indicate like parts.

said vessel may be made of any suitable maf terial, the preferred material being sheet metal galvanized. rlhe shape of said vessel is preferably rectangular as shown in the drawings. The said vesselis provided with a handle 2 pivotally mounted so that kthe same may be droppedto he side of theL vessel when not in use. Riveted to the ends of said vessel at suitable points are pivotalk supports 3 and 4, the supports 3 at one end bein@ slightly below the middle depth of the vessel and the supports 4 at the other end near the top thereof. The said supports are so mounted in the vessel that the pins 5y thereof abut against the adjacent sides of the vessel. Pivotally mounted on the pins 5 of supports 3 are plates 6 and 7, the same being constructed of metal similar tok that used in the construction of the vessel 1. Journaled in the front ends of plates 6 and 7, slightly below the upper edges thereof, is a roller 8. Mounted between the plates 6 and 7 to the rear of the roller and sloping upwardly therefrom is a tread board 9, the

plates 6 and 7 being provided with rearwardly extending portions 10 to provide for the mounting of said tread. At the front end of said tread is a baillek 11. nlivotally rmounted on the pins of supports 4 are plates 12 and 13 between which a roller 14 c is journaled.

To provide an operative connection between the mountings of rollers 8 and 14,

vthe ends 15 of rollers 8 mounted between the .plates 6y and 7 project slightly beyond said plates and extend through curved slots 16 in the plates 12 and 13, the distance between said plates 6 and 7 being slightly less than that between plates 12` and 13, thereby permitting the former pair to lie and operate between the latter pair, the

ends l5 reciprocating in the slots 16.

rlhe `opeiationof my device will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the same appertains from the foregoing description.

To open the rollers, the operator places one foot upon the tread 9 bearing downwardly and baclwardly thereon, so that the roller 8 is rocked into the position shown in full lines in yFig. 3. The roller 8 `is thus raised and brought back, the ends 15 thereof operating in the slots 16 in the p plates 12 and 13, thereby producing an opposite rocking of the roller 14, so that the said rollers are separated for the introduction of a mop. To wiing the mop when inf troduced between the rollers, the foot is pressed' downwardly and forwardly upon the tread 9, forcing the roller 8 in a corresponding direction. The ends 15 of the roller 8 again operating in the slots 16 carry 'the roller 14 into cooperating position so ,that when the mop is withdrawn between them, the said rollers compress the saine.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character specified comprising a vessel, plates pivotally mounted near one end of said vessel, a roller journaled between said plates, plates pivotally mounted near the opposite end of said vessel, a second roller journaled between said plates, means for the rocking of said first roller, and means, upon the rockingl of said first roller, Awhereby said second roller may be oppositely actuated, substantially as and for the purpose described.

WLLAM FROHNE.

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